SR0602 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Ted Fleming of Peoria, who passed away on September 2, 2007; and

WHEREAS, Ted Fleming was a Life Trustee of Knox College; he was a 1955 graduate of Knox, and was elected a Knox College Trustee in 1985 and a Life Trustee in 2005; and

WHEREAS, Mr Fleming and his family are among Knox College's most generous benefactors and were the principal donors to construction of the T. Fleming Fieldhouse; Ted Fleming graduated from Knox College magna cum laude, with honors for academic and athletic achievement; he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, earned varsity letters in tennis, swimming and diving, and received the Hunter and Zetterberg awards; and

WHEREAS, He was an NCAA national finalist in diving in 1955; he subsequently earned a second bachelor's degree at Carnegie-Mellon University, where he won the Reinhold-Gould Award for scholastic achievement; and in 1990 he was inducted into the Allan P. Christiansen Knox-Lombard Athletic Hall of Fame; and

WHEREAS, Ted Fleming owned and operated Fleming Packaging Co., a custom printing company in Peoria founded by his father; he was also active in numerous charitable organizations; and

WHEREAS, Ted Fleming is survived by his wife, Patricia Roze Fleming; and his children, Ted W. Fleming, Tim Fleming, Tom Fleming, and Teresa Fleming; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Ted Fleming; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Ted Fleming as a symbol of our sympathy.